I heard this song for the first time, and I kept hearing
My lover’s got no money, he’s got his thrombolyse
Turns out it was “strong beliefs”, and not a medical term
Have a listen: https://song.link/t/70681623
I used to think the Kiss song went “I wanna rock and roll all night… and part of every day.”
Moderation is key for everything, after all.
I mean, partying every day just results in Slurms McKenzie.
We found Lois Griffin
https://genius.com/Kiss-rock-and-roll-all-nite-lyrics
I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day
It wasn’t until my first job at a grocery store during Christmas time that I learned it was “Feliz Navidad” being sung.
Before that, I couldn’t figure out why the cheerful song that only appeared around Christmas time was saying “Police shot my dad”
Best laugh I had in a long time 🤣😭
I always heard it as trombeleese, which I imagined to be some exotic musical instrument like this:
That thing looks like a Fremen sandworm saxophone
“It’s him. It’s Kenny Al G!”
This made me laugh pretty good. Delightful!
Hoobastank, the Reason.
Real lyric: “a reason to start over new”.
What i heard as a child: “the reason tostadas are new”
Great song by the way. Also, great video.
“Dirty deeds, dunder chiefs!”
I always wondered what a dunder chief is.
It was Thunder Chief for me. I figured he must be bad juju.
You’re not alone, kindred spirit! Even when I knew the correct lyrics, I still hear it.
And when I learned about “dunder” or “double underscore” methods in Python, my first thoughts were:
__Chief__()__Mifflin__()I always wondered what a dunder chief is.
Michael Scott I guess ?
https://genius.com/Ac-dc-dirty-deeds-done-dirt-cheap-lyrics
Dirty deeds, done dirt cheap
Manfred Mann’s cover of Blinded by the Light has entered the chat. Probably the most misheard lyrics in the entire history of modern music.
It’s “Revved up like a deuce.”
Wait… Manfred Mann’s version is a cover? Yep, Blinded by the Light was originally performed Bruce Springsteen.
Speaking of blinding, my honey used to think a different song went “she blinded me with oven mitts, it opened up my eyes”
And the Springsteen version very clearly says deuce which means Manfred Mann had to deliberately change it.
“Blinded by the light.
Revved up like a douche, another runner in the night.”
Turns out is actually deuce.
I always heard “wrapped up like a douche in the middle of the night” and happily sung that in bars.
That actually makes even less sense.
It’s referring to a two-stroke engine.
Generally it’s a 2-door car, specifically a 1932 Ford.
Not a motorcycle?!?!
This seemed like such a motorcycle song!
It’s a strange song
Annie are you walking? Annie are you walking? Are you walking, Annie?
Excuse me, while I kiss this guy.
I used to sing Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong as “Pyramids, pyramids, pyramids, pyramids can’t be wrong”.
Also, in Africa, I definitely thought they said “rises like a lepress (like a female leopard) above the Serengeti”. The real lyric is “Olympus”.
I love that lyric, it’s so supid.
I know that I must do what’s right, sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
Mount Olympus (assuming we’re talking the one in Greece and not the one on Mars) is like 3,000 feet tall, Kilimanjaro is 7,000 feet tall. Kilimanjaro would put Olympus to shame, except Olympus is whiter than Kilimanjaro.
Also, you can’t see Kilimanjaro from the Serengeti. There’s a small area where the summit is above the horizon but the air is too hazy.
Even more reason why it should have been a lepress!
Also, if he knows he must do what’s right “as sure as Kilimanjaro rises… above the Serengetil”, and it doesn’t, I guess that means that he must not do what’s right? Or only a little bit, and it’s a bit hazy… 😋
Thanks for the great info!
I think I’ve read that it was either intentionally written kind of dumb, like it sounds poetic but it’s the kind of thing a white guy who has never been to Africa would say.
With Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong I used to hear “ain’t nobody gonna come when your sound is gone” instead of “when you sound your gong”.
Yes, me too for that part too.
https://genius.com/Spin-doctors-little-miss-cant-be-wrong-lyrics
Little miss, little miss, little miss can’t be wrong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXWbMu4PtpE&t=44
https://genius.com/Toto-africa-lyrics
As sure as Kilimajaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
Untill this day, I thought it was lepress too.
It makes more sense as the mountain isn’t even located there to begin with
Owner of a lonely horse…
Real lyric: owner of a lonely heart.
I never understood why there’d be a song about a lonely horse.
I can’t think of any off the top of my head, but this bit by Peter Kay always has me in tears.
Also, the technical term is ‘Mondegreen’
Edit: I’m also reminded of a Colin Hay one man show I went to years ago where he told a story about a bloke that requested the ‘song about the goats’ at a gig. Turns out it was Overkill - “Goats appear and fade away”. He then went on to tell a long story about a sharehouse he lived in in his youth that decided to get a goat to keep the lawn down. Man that was a good show.
“I set fire, to Lorraine” by Adele (set fire to the rain). “Parrot, parrot, parrot eyes” by Coldplay (Paradise)
Paradise is the song with the weird elephant music video, right?
I thought it was monkeys
At one point in Another One Bites the Dust, Freddie says “Bite the dust, yeah” which for years I could not hear as anything but “I’m adopted”. Seemed like a weird way to share that information.
Don’t go, Jason waterfalls, please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to.
https://genius.com/Tlc-waterfalls-lyrics
Don’t go chasing waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you’re used to
